Heh, luckily, all good plans come with a backup - me getting one version and my sister getting the other (B/W). I'll just make a deal with her, though this makes it more complicated and time-consuming. Thanks for that info though!

I love siblings, sometimes their useful , but my brother can't get past the first gym >.< I need Landorous!

Anyways going to the original topic, I choose Oshawott because it was the water starter and I love water types.

I was just upset because it looked too much like Piplup.Oshawott - Otter Piplup - Penguin

Yeah... First Snivy's Attack and Sp. Attack suck! That's why they're so hard to train! Second, Oshawott has good stats, and its moves are also good, but if any kind of Sp. Atk Electric or Grass type attack hit him, he's done. But my fav in the end is Tepig, I Loveee his moveset, his high Attack and Sp. Attack, and when I used him, he always kicked butt! So, I recommend;

I pick solely on looks so Oshawott was going to be the only choice for me. :3 It just happened to work out for me this time that Oshawott is good. x3 Normally I'm stuck with really crap but cute Pokemon.

Fire-types are always the best starters since the attacks are powerful, as others have said, using Tepig will make for an easy game. Personally, I always go with the fire-type starters(I only chose Oshawott this time because Tepig looks ugly)